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Speaker 2: World Cup Spain and Argentina. That'll be Sunday at three

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Speaker 2: Eastern on Fox. Lebron James talking about the timing of

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Speaker 2: his announcement. Feels like he knows where he's going to go,

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Speaker 2: but for some reason hasn't decided to tell us where

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Speaker 2: he's going to go. And then the commissioner, Adam Silver

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Speaker 2: was on CNBC and he talked about Lebron's situation yesterday.

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Speaker 3: We have to finish up the schedule right and where

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Speaker 3: Lebron plays will affect the schedule. So I would like

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Speaker 3: him to make his announcement already so we can finish

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Speaker 3: the schedule because as you might have mad and the

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Speaker 3: teams are calling us, the networks are calling us, and

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Speaker 3: everybody wants to lock in the schedule. But it will

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Speaker 3: influence how we set the schedule, do how he's said

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Speaker 3: an opening week, Christmas Day, et cetera. So I need

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Speaker 3: him to make a decision.

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Speaker 2: I didn't think of that. But here's the commissioner saying,

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Speaker 2: you know, we want to put out a schedule. We

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Speaker 2: want to tell you who's going to play on Christmas Day,

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Speaker 2: some of the featured events, nights, special you know, special

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Speaker 2: moments there for Lebron and his farewell tour or what

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Speaker 2: we think will be his farewell tour. But the commissioner,

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Speaker 2: you know, is Lebron going to be playing up you know,

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Speaker 2: predominantly East Coast games? Is he going to Philly? Is

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Speaker 2: he going to go to Miami? Is he going to Cleveland?

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Speaker 2: I know Golden State is still hanging around. Steph Curry

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Speaker 2: tried to make his recruiting pitch. Pat Riley's got a

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Speaker 2: recruiting pitch, like everybody is, you know, making their effort here,

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Speaker 2: We're going to try. It's almost like you have a

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Speaker 2: recruit he's down to four schools, and then you make

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Speaker 2: that final pitch. That's what you have. It'd be great

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Speaker 2: if Lebron just held a press conference and had four

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Speaker 2: hats there and then picked the hat and put it

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Speaker 2: on his head and said, I'm taking my talents back

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Speaker 2: to Cleveland or I'm going back home Miami is in

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Speaker 2: the mix here, and I think because they got Giannis

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Speaker 2: and you got pat Riley and pat Riley swings for

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Speaker 2: the fences. When you think about relevant teams, teams that

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Speaker 2: are always in the mix, they don't have down years,

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Speaker 2: and pat Riley is not afraid to go out and

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Speaker 2: get somebody. You know, you've had Alonzo Mourning in Shaq

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Speaker 2: and Lebron. I mean, you can go down the list.

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Speaker 2: They've gone out and they brought in some big names here.

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Speaker 2: And when you think about teams that are consistent where

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Speaker 2: they're in the mix, we don't look at them as rebuilding, reloading,

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Speaker 2: tanking Packers, Steelers, Spurs, Patriots, Celtics. They always seem to

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Speaker 2: be in the mix. Now. I know the Spurs had

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Speaker 2: a couple of down years before they got Wemby. But

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Speaker 2: these other teams, for the most part, you're pretty much

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Speaker 2: still in the mix now. I think we look at

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Speaker 4: Yes, Marvin, the way we talk about the Steelers, not

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Speaker 5: Yes, Dylan, Yeah, I think that's what separates the teams,

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Speaker 5: like the Spurs for example, it's it's how long are

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Speaker 5: your downturns? Right, because like you could are you the

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Speaker 5: and then you're back.

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Speaker 2: But then you'll have teams and you go, oh, they're

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Speaker 2: bad this year, but the number one pick is not great.

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Speaker 2: You know, you could be the Atlanta Hawks where they

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Speaker 2: getting Wemby, they get so certain teams where you go, well,

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Speaker 2: do'll teach you you're taking and you're taking the wrong year. Yes, Dylan, I.

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Speaker 5: Was trying to think of some other teams that are

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Speaker 5: like the Pittsburgh Penguins kind of are always Pittsburgh in general,

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Speaker 2: Of did I surprise you by coming to you? I

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Speaker 2: had absolutely nothing to say. Okay, I'll give you credit

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Speaker 2: because usually if I do that to Todd, Todd go.

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Speaker 2: I didn't raise my hand.

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Speaker 6: For a name. We were there. Who's going to win

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Speaker 2: The answer was Ben Roethlisberger. Yes, Marvin.

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Speaker 6: What about the Saint Louis Cardinals.

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Speaker 2: They've been down a few years here, that's a surprise.

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Speaker 2: But you're right. You know, normally you think of the

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Speaker 2: all the time, it feels like, but not to the

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Speaker 2: they went to the World Series and then we're like, man,

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Speaker 2: it's been a while since they've been to the World Series. No,

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Speaker 2: Series in you know, Yankee land. All right, pull question

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Speaker 2: today at least first hour, what are we going with Dylan.

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Speaker 5: Well, we've got a nice smattering from Todd. I guess

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Speaker 5: we'll start off with the Lebron. Uh Lebron. James hasn't

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Speaker 5: or he craves attention like in Aaron Rodgers Todd that

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Speaker 2: Does he crave attention? Yes, yes, but I don't know

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Speaker 2: at the beginning of August. It just feels like, you know,

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Speaker 2: this isn't one of those where Aaron Rodgers didn't want

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Speaker 2: like mandatory mini camp or OTAs. That's all. It's like,

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Speaker 2: I don't know, and then all of a sudden, it's like, oh,

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Speaker 2: those things are done. I'm going to come back to

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Speaker 2: the Steelers now with Lebron. I don't know what can happen.

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Speaker 2: Free agency is basically over here. All the big ticket

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Speaker 2: items are off the board. You're going back to Cleveland,

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Speaker 2: You're going to go to Miami. I mean, Golden State

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Speaker 2: to me would be fascinating just to see Steph with him.

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Speaker 2: But you know, if I'm Lebron and I want to win,

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Speaker 2: if if that's the bottom line, like what is your goal?

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Speaker 2: He's already made his money. Now you want to go

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Speaker 2: out as you know, a champion again one more time.

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Speaker 2: Now he's going to get criticized because he's chasing a

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Speaker 2: ring again. But you know what, So what you're going

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Speaker 2: to go to Philly, You're gonna go to Miami. What

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Speaker 2: Like he's not saying, you know, I'm going to go

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Speaker 2: to the Hawks. You know, I'm I'm going to teams

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Speaker 2: to be important. I'm going to do a documentary on

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Speaker 2: my final season in the NBA. But feels like he's

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Speaker 2: known for a little while in my opinion. And you

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Speaker 2: know what we found out through all of this, All

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Speaker 2: of the NBA insiders they know about as much as

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Speaker 2: you do. Because everybody, you know, Ryan Winhorse is always

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Speaker 2: talking about this. Hey, we don't know because normally you're

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Speaker 2: trying to go Okay, let me, let me hedge my

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Speaker 2: going to happen. I only gave you an opinion just

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Speaker 2: because I think it makes the most sense to go

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Speaker 2: because you feel like it's a little easier path to

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Speaker 2: the NBA Finals. You know, if he stays at gold

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Speaker 2: or if he stays in the West and you play

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Speaker 2: at Golden State, you still got to go through OKC

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Speaker 2: and San Antonio and you've got some young teams. I mean,

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Speaker 2: Minnesota is going to be competitive again, Yes, Dylan, Yeah, I.

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Speaker 5: Guess a question would be like, if you're a lebron

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Speaker 5: and you want to win another title, which team gives

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Speaker 5: you a better opportunity. The Cavaliers are the Heat, which

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Speaker 5: the mix as well well.

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Speaker 2: Seventy six ers. Yeah. If I know that Joel Enbiid

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Speaker 2: it's not going to be every night. He's not going

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Speaker 2: to be back to back, but Maxi's one of my

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Speaker 2: got sneaky great. It really is, so I wouldn't rule

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Speaker 2: out Philadelphia. But the other places is that, you know,

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Speaker 2: Cleveland and Miami's been to and that might be playing

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Speaker 2: a larger role. Cleveland is home, go back there one

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Speaker 2: more season. That feels storybook like, Yes, PAULI.

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Speaker 7: I have Lebron next team odds as of this morning. Okay,

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Speaker 7: Cavaliers are at thirty eight percent, but they're down two

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Speaker 7: percent over the past week. Reactionary Golden State's at thirty percent,

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Speaker 7: the Miami Heat your Heat dan are up two percent

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Speaker 7: to fifteen percent chance, and then the Philadelpai seventy six

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Speaker 2: Okay, it feels like it's Cleveland in Miami, but you know,

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Speaker 2: maybe the fascination of playing a season with Steph Curry.

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Speaker 2: It's just, you know, it's not twenty seventeen, and I

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Speaker 2: know Lebron has spent a lot of time with Draymond Green.

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Speaker 2: I don't know how that factor's in, but you know

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Speaker 2: it'd be a fun watch. I don't know if they

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Speaker 2: would the they're they'd be the third favorite probably in

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Speaker 2: the West. I'm guessing, yes, Marvin, do.

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Speaker 4: You think it's gonna like Gary Payton and Karmelone when

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Speaker 4: they were on the Lakers.

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Speaker 2: No, Lebron is still playing at a very high level.

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Speaker 2: Like the numbers are really impressive. But that's didn't they

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Speaker 2: have Steve Nash in there with the Lakers.

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Speaker 6: As well later on?

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Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, that one. It's like, let's just bring in

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Speaker 2: I do. Who doesn't, Dylan? Okay, that's the right answer here.

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Speaker 7: I think Todd got his great moment with Darius, an

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Speaker 2: Oh, I think it's hysterious. Oh it's just there. Yes, might,

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Speaker 2: I'll give it some thought. I got an hour Todd.

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Speaker 2: You you sound injured. You step your stepped on a

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Speaker 6: No, it sounded like I was in the middle of,

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Speaker 2: Has that changed anybody's vote? Hearing that? Dylan? I'm going

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Speaker 5: Do you know what Todd is actually a better singer

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Speaker 6: I spoke to someone that runs the amphitheater, the acoustics.

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Speaker 2: No, you don't even try it, don't even set up

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Speaker 2: I still stand by what Sports Business Journal reported, because

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Speaker 2: is going to beat you in a variety of ways.

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00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:23,920
Speaker 2: But with Caitlyn Clark, she's a lightning run and right

430
00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:28,840
Speaker 2: now she's kind of a political football here being kicked around.

431
00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,800
Speaker 2: That's not good for the league. And I hope that

432
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,399
Speaker 2: it's addressed at the All Star Game so we can

433
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:39,639
Speaker 2: at least get some answers with this, But to no

434
00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:43,200
Speaker 2: show or the commissioner of the NBA saying I don't

435
00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:46,080
Speaker 2: want to talk about it. Oh, if you're not involved

436
00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:50,480
Speaker 2: in the disciplinary action, then Adam Silver would have said no,

437
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:55,120
Speaker 2: but he said it's not fair to them. Well, what's

438
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:59,000
Speaker 2: not fair for you to say that you intervened? I

439
00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 2: get it, smart answer, but it's not an answer that

440
00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,119
Speaker 2: I would that I would accept and move on because

441
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,720
Speaker 2: I would have said to him, well, wait a minute,

442
00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,359
Speaker 2: if you didn't get involved. The answer would have been no,

443
00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:17,600
Speaker 2: that's it. And if it's not no, then it's yes,

444
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,960
Speaker 2: and without saying yes, ah, yes, Paul.

445
00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,840
Speaker 7: The Clark coverage has been so agenda based the past

446
00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,280
Speaker 7: couple of years. No matter what happens, like that foul

447
00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,600
Speaker 7: Marvin mentioned the other day, you talked about a foul

448
00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,200
Speaker 7: like that happens twenty times a game in twenty different teams,

449
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:36,119
Speaker 7: but it gets no coverage, doesn't Lead Sports Center or Fox,

450
00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,639
Speaker 7: and you use that if you want to pick a

451
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Speaker 7: side on Clark that oh, look at that foul they

452
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Speaker 7: didn't call it, or look, she's a cry baby. So

453
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Speaker 7: it reinforces the extreme versions of her or looks of her,

454
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Speaker 7: and it just becomes this cycle of not proper coverage

455
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,440
Speaker 7: because nobody, I'm not gonna say a lot of people

456
00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,640
Speaker 7: who talk about the game the other night probably didn't

457
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,080
Speaker 7: watch the game in any level of context.

458
00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:02,159
Speaker 2: Yeah, you might watch a highlight thing. I would have

459
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,600
Speaker 2: teeter her up the way she acted towards the official.

460
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,520
Speaker 2: I don't have any agenda with this. I'm just watching basketball.

461
00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,160
Speaker 2: And if it's a foul, it's a foul. If you're

462
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,320
Speaker 2: crowding her landing area when she's going up for a

463
00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,440
Speaker 2: jump shot. I mean, that's a cardinal sin. When you

464
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,480
Speaker 2: play defense and you do that to a jump shooter.

465
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:25,800
Speaker 2: Can't allow it? Does she sell? Yes, she does, But

466
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:30,640
Speaker 2: she's so used to college where nobody, you know, they

467
00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,600
Speaker 2: didn't have the athletes, you know, the number of athletes

468
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Speaker 2: to be able to contain her. Watch a WNBA game

469
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,520
Speaker 2: and watch how many great athletes are out there. And

470
00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 2: these are grown women who are physical and they're going

471
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Speaker 2: to be This isn't on a Tuesday night you're facing

472
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Speaker 2: Rutgers Like, I'm sorry, Rutgers. Okay, but these are great players.

473
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 2: Every team like San Francisco they're what are they the Valkyries.

474
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:10,400
Speaker 2: They play unbelievable defense. I mean they always have your

475
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:14,320
Speaker 2: Valkyries in their first year. Yeah, they play great defense.

476
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 2: Now you might need to watch a game to understand that,

477
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,119
Speaker 2: but I do. I hope that we get some transparency

478
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:29,159
Speaker 2: here coming up. Really for Kathy Engelbert. Yeah, you you

479
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,560
Speaker 2: were a commissioner. Act like a commissioner. This is your

480
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 2: moment to act like a commissioner. Yes, Martin, who.

481
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Speaker 4: Are we blaming for this incredible fumble of maybe the

482
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Speaker 4: biggest sport not maybe the biggest sports phenomenon, excuse me,

483
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Speaker 4: the biggest phenomenon in the history of women's basketball. Like,

484
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Speaker 4: who are we blaming for this, fellow players, the commissioner, Nike, Why.

485
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Speaker 2: Not gonna blame Nike. I'll blame Nike for putting that

486
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Speaker 2: shoe out whatever three years later.

487
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Speaker 6: But Nike didn't help.

488
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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, they gave her a She's making a lot

489
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,400
Speaker 2: of money, and I think that she hadn't won anything

490
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,800
Speaker 2: she came in, and I think that bothered some people.

491
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,199
Speaker 2: And you could say, oh, you know, the old guard

492
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,560
Speaker 2: and they built the league, and I get hold of that.

493
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,960
Speaker 2: But it's not like Jack Nicholas went out of his

494
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:24,199
Speaker 2: way to be critical of Tiger Woods or Arnold Palmer

495
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,480
Speaker 2: went out of his way. They built the PGA Tour.

496
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 2: They had to be thrilled that you had something somebody

497
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:37,199
Speaker 2: that everybody wanted to watch. They didn't go, you know,

498
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,760
Speaker 2: he flash in the pan or whatever. Oh they're giving

499
00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 2: special treatment. No, do it for the good of the game,

500
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,600
Speaker 2: the growth of the game. I think we're going to

501
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 2: look back ten years from now and say, man, they

502
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 2: missed an opportunity here. And Caitlin Clark is the face

503
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 2: of the league. She's changed everything Now, she's not the

504
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 2: best player. Paige Becker's to me is a better player.

505
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 2: But that's different than what you know you're trying to

506
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,040
Speaker 2: I'm not putting her at the head of the line here.

507
00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 2: I think she's a fascinating player to watch, but she's

508
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,680
Speaker 2: not the best player. But that's where I think these

509
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:25,440
Speaker 2: players have a problem with her, that she is getting,

510
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 2: you know, special treatment by the media. What about us?

511
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,920
Speaker 2: Asia Wilson's the best player in the game. What is

512
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:39,720
Speaker 2: she a four time MVP? She not polarizing. Asia Wilson

513
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:45,000
Speaker 2: just is great. But that's not always good enough. You

514
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:48,239
Speaker 2: can be great, but you're like, okay, but is it

515
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:54,600
Speaker 2: a tune in factor? Oh not necessarily. Yeah, I'm Marvin.

516
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Speaker 4: And the crazy thing is everybody has an agenda when

517
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,440
Speaker 4: it's attached to Keitlin Clark in some way shape m

518
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Speaker 4: But the funny thing is she became a phenomenon by

519
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 4: shooting the ball with regularity from thirty feet. It wasn't

520
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:11,960
Speaker 4: she's white, she's straight, she's whatever. She's just balling like

521
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 4: Steph Curry. That's what made her the phenomenon. So it

522
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,320
Speaker 4: wasn't some type of agenda. She was just balling in

523
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Speaker 4: a way that no one's ever seen before in the

524
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Speaker 4: women's level.

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Speaker 2: I mean there, once again, there's a lot of players

526
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 2: who were better than her, but nobody is more fascinating

527
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 2: than her because of the way she plays, and you know,

528
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,040
Speaker 2: the part of her game that gets overlooked. She's an

529
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:38,360
Speaker 2: unbelievable passer, like she's on par with any player playing

530
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:43,280
Speaker 2: basketball finding the open man. But she's not the best player,

531
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Speaker 2: but she is the most publicized. She is the most

532
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,360
Speaker 2: fascinating the mussy TV. I mean, the ratings show this.

533
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 2: People are tuning in. They want to see her shooting

534
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 2: logo threes, just the same way with Steph Curry. There

535
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 2: was a fact he wasn't the best player in the game,

536
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,760
Speaker 2: but to me, he was the most exciting. There was

537
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 2: a tune in factor for Steph Curry, and that's the

538
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 2: way it was with Caitlyn. I know, well, hey, there

539
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,000
Speaker 2: are three and zero without her in the lineup. Yeah,

540
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,880
Speaker 2: once again, you can use all the anilet whatever you want.

541
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:23,120
Speaker 2: It's still she is the most fascinating person in the

542
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 2: WNBA because it feels like this is an agenda, and

543
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,680
Speaker 2: there are numerous agendas in play right now, and that's

544
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 2: the difficult part for me because you have this opportunity

545
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 2: for growth, You have this opportunity for the next generation,

546
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 2: because Caitlin Clark is going to inspire a lot of

547
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 2: women to play this way, just like Steph Curry. Take

548
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:54,640
Speaker 2: advantage of it. Got an opportunity, don't let it pass.

549
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Speaker 5: Dylan Yeah, then uh Lebron James hasn't announced where he's

554
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,680
Speaker 5: playing next because he hasn't decided, or he craves attention.

555
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 5: Ninety point five percent say he craves attention.

556
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:24,680
Speaker 2: Wow, I believe he knows where he's going. I don't

557
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,840
Speaker 2: know why he's not telling us yet where he's going,

558
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 2: but go get him. You know, I can't be the

559
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,200
Speaker 2: guy to yell at you for everything to get off

560
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 2: my lawn. Like there's certain things where I go, All right,

561
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,880
Speaker 2: stay on my lawn. Let's watch out the sprinkler systems.

562
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 2: Going on. Back to Caitlin Clark for a moment. This

563
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 2: whole thing changed. That the narrative changed when Angel Reese.

564
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,280
Speaker 2: You know, the NCAA tournament, you win the title, and

565
00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:01,440
Speaker 2: you're basically punking Caitlyn Clark right in her face, waving

566
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 2: her ring finger that she'd have a championship ring on.

567
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 2: That's when it changed. Caitlin Clark up to that moment

568
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 2: was unbelievable. She was pistol Pete Maravich. She was exciting,

569
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,440
Speaker 2: she was fun, she was different. Oh my gosh, she's shooting.

570
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 2: She can shoot as well as the men, can't. You

571
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,680
Speaker 2: know all of this stuff, ye know, taking Iowa to

572
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 2: a national title game. Then Angel rees changed that. I mean,

573
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:31,160
Speaker 2: good for Angel Reeves, she's become rich, but it's a

574
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 2: fact it changed. It changed that day, and it felt

575
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:42,000
Speaker 2: like people chose sides. Right after that trip in Vegas,

576
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Speaker 2: Hi trip, What do you have for me today?

577
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Speaker 9: A good morning? I was just curious about, was Caitlin

578
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 9: Clark Y'll have a good weekend? Before I hang up?

579
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:56,000
Speaker 9: Do you think is this the first time in sports

580
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 9: history that the biggest superstar in a sport she's not

581
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 9: the best player, but she is the biggest superstar. Do

582
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,200
Speaker 9: you think that's why there's so much animosity and jealousy

583
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 9: towards her? Amongst the WNBA.

584
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:11,920
Speaker 2: I think it's part of a trip. You're the new girl.

585
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,879
Speaker 2: Everybody wants to see how good you are. You got now, look,

586
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 2: these are competitors. They're not out there just to go, hey, Caitlin,

587
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 2: light us up. Man, They're gonna deer up. They want

588
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 2: to lock her down, they want to knock her down.

589
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,719
Speaker 2: This is this is big time basketball.

590
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:34,319
Speaker 4: Yes, Marmon, did Michael Jordan catch some of this because

591
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:35,720
Speaker 4: he had to say that sure she was a rookie.

592
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:37,160
Speaker 4: Did he catch that when he got into the NBA?

593
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 2: Yes, yes he did. It's like, what have you done?

594
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:45,879
Speaker 2: You haven't won anything. There was no social media then,

595
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:50,120
Speaker 2: but Mike came in. Wait, he's got his own shoe.

596
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:55,120
Speaker 2: What did he do? And haven't done anything? And you

597
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:58,240
Speaker 2: probably had the old guard saying, you know, we're gonna

598
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 2: we're gonna see how good you are. I mean they

599
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:04,560
Speaker 2: did find down quickly, but uh yeah, I think there's

600
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:09,800
Speaker 2: something to that. Let's see Austin in Louisiana. Hi, Austin,

601
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 2: what's on your mind? Hey?

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Speaker 10: What WB? Heanks calling me back? Happy to meet Friday.

603
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:17,839
Speaker 10: So look, you and the fella's been talking a lot

604
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 10: of Mount Rushmore. This week, which I love so at

605
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,000
Speaker 10: the long time listener, I thought it was my duty

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Speaker 10: to call in and give you the definitive Mount Rushmore

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Speaker 10: of Dan Patrick show callers.

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Speaker 2: Oh but this is this is the list.

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Speaker 10: Okay, I be controversial, but this is the list. Okay

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Speaker 10: the first time the list is the goat cis Christian Syracuse.

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Speaker 10: There's no there's no other way around it. He's number one.

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Speaker 10: I think everybody can agree on that. Yeah, so he's

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Speaker 10: number one.

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Speaker 2: Two.

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Speaker 10: I think it's pretty pretty universal as well. You gotta

616
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Speaker 10: go Shay and Irving. I mean, look what this man's done.

617
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 10: He's parlated into multiple podcasts. He's doing stuff with everybody now.

618
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,800
Speaker 10: And who would have thought Shay looked like middle aged

619
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 10: orson Wells. Just just google if anybody doesn't. If anybody

620
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 10: doesn't know, just google that real fast. It's shocking. So look,

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Speaker 10: I think those two are pretty universal. My next two

622
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,920
Speaker 10: or you know, dealer's choice, I'm going Jeff in Detroit.

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00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:17,320
Speaker 10: Always loved Jess calls. You know, he doesn't call in anymore,

624
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,120
Speaker 10: but he was always you know, calling him from the job,

625
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 10: from the car. You could always count on him. And

626
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:24,960
Speaker 10: my last one is a guy who used to call

627
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Speaker 10: in all the time. Not anymore. Jake and Wisconsin. One

628
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Speaker 10: of the ogis one of the OG's, you know, a

629
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 10: red hook guy. I think he will. I think he

630
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 10: made it to the old man cave. But I used

631
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Speaker 10: to love Jake's call. So a couple of honorable mentions

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00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:42,040
Speaker 10: to Tillian Bloomington and a new guy, Buddha. So that's

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00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 10: what I got. Thanks for taking I call Dan.

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Speaker 2: Thank you Austin Buddha in San Francisco.

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Speaker 11: Good morning Buddha, No buddy, Happy meet Friday boys, Stay strong,

636
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Speaker 11: Fritzy and Dan just say you know I love.

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Speaker 12: Coming on this program, just saying uh Dn. Gearing up

638
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:05,960
Speaker 12: for this World Cup like in the final, I mean,

639
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 12: just watching all this soccer throughout the tournament.

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Speaker 9: Messi to me is like Gretzky.

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Speaker 12: I mean he's constantly weaving in and out and like

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Speaker 12: he's not the biggest fella out there, and he just

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Speaker 12: dominates with an ease and grace while doing it. It

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Speaker 12: reminds me of gretz Ski.

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Speaker 2: It's awesome.

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Speaker 9: And after he retires.

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Speaker 12: I mean, I think Messi has a feature in like

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Speaker 12: Olympic speedwalking, because I like that's I mean, that's what

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Speaker 12: he kind of does the whole time while he's out

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Speaker 12: on the pitch, and you know, as we all know,

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Speaker 12: Spain is stacked. Let's go with fun.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you, thank you, Buddha. Uh that that comment

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Speaker 2: Spain is stacked goes back to Chris Mannix when we

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Speaker 2: were talking about the Olympics and he would throw out

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Speaker 2: I think because Ricky Rubio was playing, he'd goes, Spain

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Speaker 2: is stacked. So we just walk around sometimes randomly say

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Speaker 2: Spain is stacked. Darius Rutger. You know, I got a

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Speaker 2: wedding invitation from Darius and his fiance last night. He's

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Speaker 2: going to join us next hour, hour two on this

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Speaker 2: meet Friday after this